F8 vs yellow jacket

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F8 vs yellow jacket

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At some point, it appears a yellow jacket got into my room, and ended up in the water with my ex's F8, Puffy. He ate it's head, ate the stinger, and sucked all of the guts out of the abdomen, including the poison gland part. So, far, no strange reaction at all on his part. Is he immune or something?
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Re: F8 vs yellow jacket

Post by StormySkiez »

What an experience. I know I would have panicked if I saw that happen. How is he doing?

Looks like the F8 won this battle.
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Nick
Former Staff Member
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My Puffers: Mine:
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F8 - Velvet
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DP - Emma Goldman
Narrow Lined Puffer - Ulrike
Location (country): Northeastern USA
Location: Middletown, CT
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Re: F8 vs yellow jacket

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He's still fine, as far as I can tell... crazy fish.
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Re: F8 vs yellow jacket

Post by Agnate »

From my understanding, if puffers take in poison, they simply store it in their own poison sac for future "use". I mean, if they were to eat some incredibly fatal poison, they'd likely die, but mild poisons like those from bees is probably the equivalent of spicy food. ;)
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Re: F8 vs yellow jacket

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I have thrown spiders in my tanks for the puffers before. I HATE spiders but they enjoy them.
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